Our popular Penguin Horror series, The Penguin Book of Witches (the true history of witches in Europe and America, edited by Katherine Howe) and our new edition of Washington Irving's Sleepy Hollow (introduced by Elizabeth L. Bradley) will ensure readers a very spooky Halloween.

Penguin Christmas Classics honor the power of literature to keep on giving through the ages, with five beautifully-designed volumes (complete with foil-stamped jackets and decorative endpapers) that tell our most beloved Christmas tales.

Penguin Drop Caps is an A to Z series of beloved hardcover classics with an award-winning series design by Penguin art director Paul Buckley and typographer Jessica Hische. Collect all 26, with the remaining three hardcoversX for Xinran, Y for Yeats and Z for Zafónnow available!

October 16, 8:00pm–11:00pm — Morbid Anatomy Museum @ 424 Third Avenue, Brooklyn
With a title like “Headless Horseman Variety Show,” you know you’re in for a good time. This event at the Morbid Anatomy Museum will be hosted by Elizabeth L. Bradley, the editor for our new Penguin Classics edition of Washington Irving’s Legend of Sleepy Hollow, and will feature such irresistible happenings as a visit from the Headless Horseman, phrenology readings, and Elizabeth’s own “illustrated disquisition on ‘Kanye West’s Sleepy Hollow.’”

October 23, 7:00–8:30pm — The Mark Twain House and Museum @ 351 Farmington Avenue, Hartford CT
Penguin Book of Witches editor Katherine Howe will again discuss her new book, chronicling the historical trials and tribulations of accused witches in Europe and colonial America. The event is free, but the Twain House recommends making a reservation here to ensure your spot.

October 29, 7:00pm — The Center for Fiction @ 17 E. 47th Street, NYC
What better way to prepare for All Hallows’ Eve than joining Lev Grossman, Caitlin Macy, Mandy Keifetz and Randy Cohen for a reading of Washington Irving’s most treasured work, the short story The Legend of Sleepy Hollow? They will read from our new edition, which includes a variety of Irving selections edited by Elizabeth L. Bradley.

s name may have slipped off the literary radar since his midcentury apex, but Penguin Classics is bringing him back in a big way with new releases of BUtterfield 8 (in both black-spine and Drop Caps editions), Appointment in Samarra, and The New York Stories. At this Brooklyn Book Festival Bookend Event, bestselling author Block, Paris Review editor Stein, and New York Times writer McGrath will discuss the legacy of the man Fran Lebowitz called "the real F. Scott Fitzgerald."

OCTOBER 2013

October 7, 7:00 – 9:00pm – powerHouse Arena @ 37 Main Street, Brooklyn
Before Hannah from Girls, Anastasia Steele from Fifty Shades of Grey, and Carrie Bradshaw from Sex and the City, there was Isadora Wing, the uninhibited, outspoken protagonist of Erica Jong's revolutionary novel Fear of Flying. powerHouse will host the launch of our new Classics Deluxe edition of the book, and Jong will join bestselling author Jennifer Weiner to discuss the book's impact and continued relevance.

October 8, 7:00 – Barnes & Noble @ 2289 Broadway, New York
Erica Jong and Jennifer Weiner continue their discussion of Fear of Flying's 40 years of publication.

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STAGE & SCREEN

Sleepy Hollow

The Fox television series Sleepy Hollow might take some artistic liberties with Washington Irving’s original story, with a resurrected Ichabod Crane battling “netherworld evils” in a modern-day setting, but both book and show (now in its second year) are perfect primers for this Halloween season. Our new black-spine edition of the creepy tale features notes and an introduction by New York historian Elizabeth L. Bradley, and also includes “Rip Van Winkle,” “The Angler” and many other cherished Irving stories.

Of Mice and Men

Missed the Broadway run for Anna D. Shapiro’s Of Mice and Men, which closed in July? You’re in luck: this autumn you’ll have another chance to see James Franco, Chris O’Dowd and Leighton Meester take on the roles of some of the most beloved characters in American literature. National Theatre Live filmed the Broadway production and, beginning November 6, over 700 theaters internationally will be screening the film of the play. Check NTL’s website for screenings near you, and watch for more locations and dates to come.

Named one of the Best Apps of 2013 by Apple, Poems By Heart from Penguin Classics is a memorization game that will challenge you with classic poems from master wordsmiths including Shakespeare, Edgar Allan Poe, Emily Dickinson, and more.